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One day after House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi softened her stance on a public health option, a lobbyist for one of the country's most prominent private health insurers announced a fundraiser for the California Democrat, a news report says.

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/09/lobbyist-fundraiser-pelosi/

 

Poll: News media's credibility plunges to new low

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the news stories they read, hear and watch are frequently inaccurate, according to a poll released Sunday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. That marks the highest level of skepticism recorded since 1985, when this study of public perceptions of the media was first done.

http://money.canoe.ca/News/MediaHold/2009/09/14/10883766-ap.html

 

Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman

Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize- winning economist, said the U.S. has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYdgQkXu9eBg#

 

Majority of Canadian employees living paycheque to paycheque, survey shows

The survey, released Monday, said 59 per cent of Canadians would have trouble making ends meet if they missed a paycheque.

http://snipurl.com/ru827


From Information Clearing House

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Kucinich's Health Reform Dissents Merit Consideration
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/09-13

Worse Than Sand: Progressive Congressman Kucinich says 'You're Building on a Foundation of Private Insurance'
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/03/09

 

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